Thursday 15 November 2012 is election day for the new Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs). Cambridge residents are already receiving their postal ballots for the election.

The Police and Crime Commissioner is a new role that will replace the local police authority. PCCs will be responsible for holding the police to account for the public.

The Liberal Democrat candidate for PCC in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is Rupert Moss-Eccardt. After his selection, Mr Moss-Eccardt said: “I am pleased and honoured to be chosen to represent the very many Liberal Democrats in the Force area. We want to make policing effective, trusted and professional.”

“We should not try to measure crime-fighting success by the number of people arrested, we need to measure how many crimes are committed and get that number down, so we can enable people to live without the fear of crime.”

Read more about PCCs in general and the election on the City Council Website.